IAFE

The IAFE is a not-for-profit, professional society dedicated to fostering the profession of quantitative finance by providing platforms to discuss cutting-edge and pivotal issues in the field. Founded in 1992, the IAFE is composed of individual academics and practitioners from banks, broker dealers, hedge funds, pension funds, asset managers, technology firms, regulators, accounting, consulting and law firms, and universities across the globe.

Through frank discussions of current policy issues, sponsoring programs to educate the financial community and recognizing the outstanding achievements in the field, the IAFE acts as a beacon for the development of quantitative finance. Throughout its history, the IAFE´s pre-eminent leadership has positioned us to respond with savvy to the evolving needs of the financial engineering community. The IAFE´s programs - from our area-specific committees to our monthly panel discussions to the Financial Engineer of the Year Award - are designed to provide our membership with uniquely valuable activities to enhance their work in the field and opportunities to network and socialize with their colleagues. For more information, please visit www.iafe.org.

COURANT INSTITUTE, NYU

The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University is a unique institution where applied mathematics, pure mathematics, computing, and science coexist and interact. The Institute is a national center of excellence in the mathematical sciences. Its special strengths include partial differential equations, stochastic processes, applied mathematics, and scientific computing -- topics at the very heart of financial mathematics. NYU's Mathematics in Finance Masters Program takes advantage of the university's unique scientific resources and its location in the heart of New York City. The program is small and highly selective, graduating about 30 full-time and 5 part-time students each year. Other educational options at Courant include PhD programs in Computer Science, Mathematics, Ocean/Atmosphere Science, and Computational Biology, and Masters programs in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, and Scientific Computing.

SIAM

Applied mathematics and computational science have become essential tools in solving many real-world problems. Its methodologies are needed, for example, in modeling physical, chemical, and biomedical phenomena; in designing structures and networks, optimizing system performance, and in planning and managing financial and marketing strategies.

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) fosters the development of applied mathematics, computational science, and their application to the sciences and engineering.

SIAM members are applied and computational mathematicians, computer scientists, numerical analysts, engineers, statisticians, and applications scientists from around the world. SIAM members have the opportunity to participate in more focussed subject areas through the mechanism of Activity Groups. One such group is the newly formed SIAM Activity Group on Financial Mathematics and Engineering. See www.siam.org/siags/fmerop.htm for more information.